INDIANAPOLIS Gov. Mitch Daniels is hoping that an admitted card counter who's been banned from an Ohio River casino can soon be back at the blackjack tables.
Daniels used the story of Thomas Donovan's lawsuit, which has reached the state Supreme Court, in telling Franklin College graduates over the weekend about using skill to push the odds in one's favor.
"Donovan's sin in the casino's eyes is not that he is inordinately lucky, it's that he's inordinately smart," Daniels said. "He has taught himself to count the cards as they are played, then constantly and quickly to calculate the odds on his winning the next hand. In a game where luck still plays a large part, Donovan has through hard work learned to improve his chances."